Li Chaoge and the guiding lady stopped together. Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows secretly, Li Shan pleaded for Li Zhen? How should I put it, her brother, the prince, has a good heart, but he really doesn't have enough brains.
The Empress hates the Queen and Concubine Xiao Shu so much, she won't let them rest in peace after many years of death. Tianhou worked hard and finally became the winner, but her son felt sorry for the enemy's daughter, so he came to plead for mercy. Isn't this a slap in the face of Tianhou
Li Shan's voice came intermittently from inside: "Mother, there is an injustice and a debtor, not to mention Concubine Xiao Shu has been dead for so many years, even if you resent Concubine Xiao Shu, don't you? You should blame your child. Eldest sister is twenty-two this year. But you are still waiting to be married in the palace, and you don’t even have a decent dress? After all, the elder sister is the child of the father, if it spreads, wouldn’t it? Is it because someone tells you to be a mother? For the sake of face, let the eldest sister get married."
The queen sounded like she was being pissed off, and said angrily: "You have been a prince for a long time, and I have learned a kind heart of compassion, but I have become a villain. Now you pity Li Zhen, but you don't know if I didn't ?Enough ruthless, when Concubine Xiao Shu and Queen Wang make a comeback, Li Zhen's situation will be your fate now! If I don't? Kill them, they will kill me. Do you think Concubine Xiao Shu will have mercy on you brothers and sisters by then? "
Li Chaoge nodded secretly in his heart, it is true that Tianhou is ruthless, but these words are true. Empress Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu are not ordinary people. If Tianhou had failed in the palace fight, the fate of Tianhou would not be much better than that of Concubine Xiao Shu. The situation of Li Shan and Li Chaoge's brothers and sisters might not be as good. Not? And Li Zhen. When Li Chaoge is imprisoned in Yeting, will Concubine Xiao Shu's children speak for Li Chaoge
I'm afraid not necessarily.
To be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself. There is really no need. Now Concubine Xiao Shu's children are weak, so they are naturally very pitiful, but who knows if they will hold a grudge. If these two people were let go out of pity, they would raise tigers in the future, and when they took revenge on the Queen of Heaven, they would not care about brotherhood like Li Shan.
The female officer cleared her throat and sent a message to the palace: "Princess Sheng Yuan is here."
There was silence inside, and Li Chaoge entered the hall without changing his face, as if he didn't see the mess in the hall: "See the queen, see the prince."
When Tianhou saw Li Chaoge, her tone softened a bit, but her face remained stern: "Chaoge, you are here."
"Yes." Li Chaoge bent down and picked up the slips of letters that fell on the floor, no? Put them on the desk in front of Tianhou without hesitation, and gently put them together neatly. No? It’s good to hear, and it’s also for the good of the Empress. Mother and son have an overnight feud, what does the Empress have? Tell the prince slowly, don’t get angry and hurt your body.”
Li Chaoge sorted out the notebooks for Tianhou, and helped his sleeves to grind the ink. Tianhou's complexion gradually eased. She glanced at Li Shan who was standing in the hall with her head bowed, and said coldly, "Okay, you can go down."
Li Shan bowed his head, saluted and stepped back. When going out, Li Shan heard the Queen of Heaven in the palace say to Li Chaoge: "As an elder brother, he still wants you to intercede for him. Doesn't he know how to be a prince and elder brother?"
The female officer coughed lightly and called out with a smile, "His Royal Highness, go slowly."
Li Shan came back to his senses, smiled bitterly silently, and went down the steps.
In the Great Hall of Fame, Li Chaoge slowly retreated to the audience after putting away the booklets thrown down by the Queen of Heaven. All the maids serving in the palace heaved a long sigh of relief. The Empress was so angry that no one dared to step forward. Fortunately, Princess Sheng Yuan came. Princess Sheng Yuan studied ink for Tianhou herself, and Tianhou passed away in anger, leaning on the armchair showing fatigue. Only then did the maid dare to go forward to clean the broken teacup on the ground, her movements were quiet, for fear of disturbing the Queen of Heaven.
Tianhou rubbed her brows, hating iron? Cheng Gangdi and Li Chaoge said: "The prince is confused, for whom do I work so hard to deal with government affairs? I wholeheartedly pave the way for the prince, but he is fine. Instead, he blamed me for being cruel and merciless, and ran over to Concubine Xiao Shu." My daughter begged for mercy. I was so angry."
Li Chaoge stood under the stage to promise, but in his heart he was thinking about the Empress Dowager? It was for the prince, and the empress was for herself. Li Chaoge didn't express these thoughts, and said to the Queen of Heaven, "What the Queen of Heaven said is that you are a loving mother and painstakingly, but the poor prince can't understand it. The prince grew up reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and all the bureaucrats around him are also Confucian scholars?" After a long time, it is inevitable that you will be bound by the words of Confucius and Mencius. It is for this reason that the prince needs it? You give him a check."
Tianhou scoffed, her expression improved a lot. Thinking of what she said just now, Tianhou was still so angry: "That bitch Li Zhen. I heard the report from the palace people earlier that the crown prince has gone to Yeting. I think they are siblings after all, and they didn't stop me. Li Zhen is fine. Didn’t she take the crown prince’s money? Said, she even seduced the prince to intercede with her, and wanted to marry someone out of the palace. Heh, it’s her dream of spring and autumn.”
Although Li Zhen has no name or distinction, she is Li Chaoge's sister after all in terms of blood relationship. Li Chaoge waited for the queen to finish cursing before saying: "You are the mother of a country and the aunt of the princesses and princes. You are young and sensible, so I can only ask you to forgive me. The saint trusts you, and you are the master of everything inside and outside the palace. Well, money and things are small things after all, what will happen after that, isn’t it? It depends on the queen’s arrangement."
Tianhou let out a bad breath in her heart, yes, let her Li Zhen try her best, but whether she can get married, who to marry, is up to Tianhou. Tianhou slowly thought about it. She didn't want Li Chaoge to listen too much, so she said, "I summoned you today because I have something to tell you."
Li Chaoge also secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Li Zhen can be regarded as Li Chaoge's elder sister. Li Chaoge is not married, and secondly, he is a junior, so it is really not easy to interfere with the concubine's affairs. Li Zhen is the daughter of Concubine Xiao Shu, how Li Zhen will deal with the emotional disputes involving the emperor and the queen, Li Chaoge, as a courtier and daughter, had better shut up.
Li Chaoge took advantage of the situation to change the subject, and said, "I am all ears."
Tin Hau said: "Mrs. South Korea sent me a letter yesterday, saying that someone died in their house. I don't know why the trouble went to Dali Temple. Mrs. Korea didn't want Dali Temple to intervene in their housework, so she complained to me. You go Take a trip to Helan's mansion to get rid of that dead man, and go to Wu's house by the way to see your grandmother's body."
Li Chaoge nodded: "I understand."
After Li Chaoge took the order, he quickly came out of the Great Hall of Fame. Nowadays, the government affairs are all handled by the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager thinks she is too far away, so she finds a palace next to her bedroom, Wencheng Hall, to manage the administration. Just opposite the Dayi Hall is Menxia Province, so it is much more convenient to issue documents.
After Li Chaoge left the palace, he went back to the town demon to call for someone, and then walked to Mrs. Han's mansion. On the way, Bai Qianhe asked: "Commander, what is the Queen of Heaven looking for you? What's the matter?"
"There is a murder case in Mrs. Korea's house. She doesn't want Dali Temple to intervene, so she asked us to take over the case."
Once Bai Qianhe heard it, he understood that these royal relatives were very particular, and Mrs. Han was the queen's sister, so she became more and more delicate. Favors in officialdom are unavoidable, and the functions of Zhenyaosi and Dali Temple overlap, and it is normal to occasionally run errands for these powerful people.
Bai Qianhe suddenly approached, lowered his voice and asked: "I heard that the crown prince went to find the Queen of Heaven today, don't you? Do you know what he said? It made the Queen of Heaven very angry. The commander sent you to the Hall of Great Instruments. When you go, Have you met the prince?"
Li Chaoge shook his head lightly, didn't he? He wanted to say more, and said: "The matter of the East Palace has nothing to do with us. The crown prince is the foundation of the country. Naturally, there are saints and queens who are in charge. It is enough for us to do our own thing well."
Bai Qianhe's words were originally a test. It is a fact that the emperor's health is getting worse and worse. Even if the courtiers are loyal and patriotic, they will inevitably find a way out for themselves at this moment. In the Tang Dynasty, there was a clear distinction between the descendants and concubines, and the throne was only passed on to the descendants. The next emperor would only be born in the arms of Prince Li Shan and Zhao Wang Li. Li Chaoge, as the commanding officer of the Demon Suppressing Division, is in full swing, and the daughter of the Emperor and Empress who relies most on him. Who does she lean towards
But now it seems that Li Chaoge is not partial to anyone. Bai Qianhe pondered over it, and put it aside? Don't care about it.
Since Li Chaoge said no? To take care of the East Palace affairs, then they should continue to keep their distance from the prince. Anyway, Bai Qianhe is just a small person, and strong winds and waves can't blow him.
Li Chaoge arrived at He Lan's mansion on horseback. The concierge of He Lan's family saw Li Chaoge and hurried down to greet him: "See Princess Sheng Yuan. Princess, please, I will go and inform Madam."
Mrs. Han is Tianhou's older sister. She was just an ordinary person. She married an ordinary official, He Lanyue, and gave birth to a son and a daughter, He Lanqing and He Lanmin. Later Tianhou prospered, and the Wu family followed suit. Tianhou named her father, Wu Shouyu Zhou Guogong, and her mother, Yang, as Mrs. Rongguo. The two sisters were also named Mrs. Han and Mrs. Wei.
Tianhou rewards her mother, elder sister, and younger sister, but not her elder brother, which is very intriguing. Yang's marriage to the Wu family was her second marriage. She gave birth to three daughters in succession, but no son. In front of the three Tianhou sisters, the Wu family also has a legitimate son Wu Hong who was born from the original match. The difference between Wu Hong and Tin Hau was almost twenty years. When Tin Hau was ten, Wu Shouyue died, and after that it was the elder brother's sister-in-law's turn to be in charge of the Wu family. Step-son and step-daughter-in-law are in charge of the family, so don't expect to be filial to Mrs. Yang. The Queen of Heaven suffered a lot of harsh treatment when she was a child. When Tianhou becomes queen later on, don't talk about supporting the uncles and elder brothers of the Wu family, right? Killing them is because Tianhou is in a good mood.
Although Tianhou chased after her father, Wu Shouyue's Duke of Zhou was not handed down, and now the Wu family relies entirely on Yang's face to make a living. Naturally, Tianhou did this intentionally. She wanted to tell the Wu family and even the people in the world that the Wu family's current glory is all due to the birth of a good daughter Wu Zhao, and it has nothing to do with the men of the Wu family.
It can be seen from this that Tianhou is really a very vindictive and strong person.
In the third generation of the Wu family, the stepbrother Wu Hong has two sons, Wu Yuanxiao and Wu Yuanqing; the older sister, Mrs. Han, is a widow with one son and one daughter, He Lanqing and He Lanmin; the younger sister, Mrs. Wei Guo, is a widow and has no children. lady. Tin Hau is the most fertile among siblings. She has two sons and two daughters, Prince Li Shan, Princess Sheng Yuan Li Chaoge, King Zhao Li Huai, and Princess Guangning Li Changle.
How is Tianhou treating her stepbrother? False remarks, but not bad for her two nephews. After all, the Yang family has no sons, and He Lanqing's surname is He Lan, so the incense of the Wu family still falls on the nephew.
The concierge went inside to make an announcement, and after a while, members of He Lan's family came out to welcome him. He Lanmin rushed over and saluted Li Chaoge, "Princess Sheng Yuan."
Li Chaoge nodded lightly: "Cousin He Lan."
After Li Chaoge finished speaking, he didn't mean to reminisce about the past, and He Lanmin didn't dare to stick it out. Li Chaoge's aura is too strong, He Lanmin and Li Chaoge are not familiar with each other, so they really don't dare to fight like they did with Li Changle.
He Lanmin walked beside Li Chaoge. It was obvious that this was He Lan's family, but Li Chaoge stepped out of the master's posture. He Lanmin chased aside, like Li Chaoge's maid.
Li Chaoge had long legs, plus she was wearing a neat uniform of the town demon division, and she walked on the veranda with such momentum that He Lanmin had to trot to keep up. Li Chaoge asked: "How is Mrs. Korea's health recently?"
"Mother is in good health, but recently she has been lethargic and lazy during the day." He Lanmin said, "Mother is weak, so let me meet Princess Sheng Yuan. Princess, people from Dali Temple are here today, but they are dead. It's just a maidservant. They insist on searching. They have been here since morning, and they haven't finished the search until now, and they don't know what they have to search for."
He Lanmin's words were full of complaints, as if she had lost her life, it was not at all worthy of her being disturbed by others. Li Chaoge didn't say anything, and said, "Take me to the murder scene."
He Lanmin was startled: "But, mother is still waiting in the main courtyard..."
"Human life is the most important thing." Li Chaoge's tone was flat, but it was full of indifference. "I'll go to pay my aunt a moment later. Now, let's go to the scene first."
He Lanmin led Li Chaoge to the courtyard where the accident happened. When he reached the door, He Lanmin showed hesitation on his face, and was unwilling to go in. Which of the young Ai's daughters is willing to rely on the dead? Li Chaoge didn't say anything, and strode directly into the courtyard.
Li Chaoge never counts on others, she is enough on her own. Sure enough, the courtyard has been surrounded by Dali Temple, and the door of the house is sealed. Yamen servants in dark blue clothes come in and out, and some people take paper to collect footprints around them. Through the half-opened window, one could see a slender figure standing inside the house, looking at something against the wall.
The people in the courtyard were startled when they saw Li Chaoge, and were about to salute, but were stopped by Li Chaoge. Li Chaoge signaled everyone to be quiet, and she quietly walked into the house. Li Chaoge approached Gu Mingke softly, rushed to his side and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Chu Mao was looking at the corpse when he suddenly heard a woman's voice in the room and trembled in fright. Gu Mingke, who was frightened, didn't respond, and said flatly: "Look at the scene."
Li Chaoge didn't scare anyone. He folded his arms boredly, stood beside Gu Mingke and asked, "What's going on? An ordinary maidservant in Helan's mansion died suddenly, so you can bother Shaoqing to come out in person?"
Gu Mingke was a fourth-rank official and the second-in-command of Dali Temple. If it was an ordinary murder case, he would not be needed. He came to Helan Mansion to search in person today, naturally there is another reason
Gu Mingke stretched out his hand and rubbed it against the wall, and said calmly: "The murder happened? In the house of Mrs. Korea, Mrs. Korea is the eldest sister of the Queen of Heaven, so I can't take it lightly."
Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows, completely disbelieving his reason: "Just because of this?"
"Naturally." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he wiped his fingertips clean with a handkerchief, and said in a low voice, "And, this may be a serial case."
Serial cases? Li Chaoge became interested. She walked up to Gu Mingke, carefully looked at the position where he was sitting just now, and asked, "What? What serial case?"
"On the 30th of last month, a young lady from a wealthy family coughed up blood and died. On the 12th of March, the wife of Liang Yunshu Cheng of Guanglu Temple died suddenly. Before her death, she also suffered from abdominal pain and vomited blood. The house is safe and stable, with no enmity or grievance, so the case is settled as a death of illness. But yesterday, a maidservant also died in the Helan Mansion, and the death condition was also abdominal pain and vomiting blood. I thought there was something wrong, so I came to the Mrs. Han's mansion to investigate two."
Li Chaoge nodded, and said: "The lady of the wealthy household, the wife of the ninth-rank official, and the maidservant of Mrs. Han's house. These people seem to have nothing to do with each other, and they may not even know each other at all. You think this is a chain case, just because they died similarly?"
"There is no evidence yet, this is just my guess." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he walked towards Chu Mao and the others, "Have you finished the investigation of the corpse?"
Chu Mao shook his head and said, "No, it will take a while."
Li Chaoge followed, looking down at the corpse. The woman closed her eyes and lay quietly on the white cloth shelf, unable to see the pain of death. Looking at her eyebrows, she was considered a little beauty when she was alive.
Li Chaoge asked, "Who is she?"
"Handmaiden." Gu Mingke paused after finishing speaking, as if he was considering his words, "It's just that my identity is a little special."
Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows suspiciously. Why did Gu Mingke hesitate? What was he avoiding? Li Chaoge immediately asked: "What kind of special law?"
"Wanxiang is nothing special. If you have to say it, she is my favorite maid." A cool and smiling voice came from the door. Li Chaoge turned around and saw He Lanqing leaning against the door with a folding fan in his hand slowly , smiled lightly at Li Chaoge, "Long time no see? See you, Princess Sheng Yuan."
He Lanqing's face was pale, but a little vermilion on her lips was like blood like sand, as if she was trying to seduce someone. It's only March, and He Lanqing has already changed into a thin gauze dress. At this moment, he is leaning against the doorway, the skirts of his clothes are faintly visible, and his whole body is full of flair.
Is there already outside? The little maid blushed, but Li Chaoge only glanced away before looking up at Gu Mingke: "You hesitated just because this woman is a maid?"
Aristocratic gentlemen are sensible early, and often the maidservant will start the meat on the 13th and 14th. After that, Qinlou and Chuguan will hang out. As long as they don’t have children, the family will turn a blind eye. A few aristocratic families with strict control, such as the Pei family, would prohibit their nephews from setting foot in the romantic place, but they also acquiesced to the maids around the man.
No one thinks it's a big deal for Mr. Lang to sleep with one or two women. The maid is his own property, as long as he doesn't want to touch his father's maid or mother's maid, it doesn't matter. Even if the housewife wants her son to be seduced by a vixen outside, she will specially arrange a servant girl with a thin waist and a round buttocks around her son. The servant girl will work like a servant girl during the day and serve the gentleman at night. Do you need it? They are tools. If you don’t need them, they are the maids on duty.
Those aristocratic teenagers looked at the bright wind and the moon, the luxuriant forest and the bamboo, but in fact there were not many beautiful maidservants in private. There were at least nine out of ten noble lords, and they slept before marriage? Girls. Everyone takes it for granted. It is impossible for a gentleman to marry a maid, and a well-matched lady would not bother to be angry with an object.
All reputable gentlemen are like this, let alone He Lanqing's famous name. Up and down the Helan mansion, there are only a handful of maids who have not been slept by He Lanqing. When Li Chaoge saw that woman's pretty face, he had already expected it in his heart, but Gu Mingke actually hesitated about this kind of thing.
Gu Mingke really felt that this kind of thing was hard to talk about. The laws of the heavens were strict, and he had no desires. In comparison, mortals were too messy. Is it private? What a good thing, no? It is suitable for women to listen to. Gu Mingke was thinking about how to get over this matter, but he didn't expect He Lanqing to expose it, and even Li Chaoge said, "Why do you even do this?" Haven't seen it before" expression.
Gu Mingke was silent. He put down the handkerchief, rolled up his sleeves and walked outside the house: "Speak slowly, I'm going out first."
Beichen Tianzun's eyes are not good, and his heart is full of mortals, he is simply indiscriminate, which is unreasonable. Li Chaoge didn't expect that he would annoy the master with just a few words. She smiled and chased after her, and said: "He Lanqing is famous, so it's not difficult to guess this kind of thing. Could it be that the gentlemen of the Pei family don't have maids around?"
"The Pei family? No, how do I know?" Gu Mingke glanced at Li Chaoge unmoved, "If the princess is curious, you should ask Pei Shiyi."
Li Chaoge suppressed a smile and said, "I have no relationship or reason with him, no ties or bonds, why do I ask him these things? I'm just curious about Gu Shaoqing."
He Lanqing followed from behind and heard these words just as he approached. He was taken aback, and the smile on his mouth was slightly stiff. He glanced at Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke, and couldn't help but think, are these two people really here to handle a case when they come to Helan Mansion
He Lanqing couldn't bear it anymore, coughed hard, and forcibly interrupted the public-funded love affair of the two people in front. Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge turned their heads, He Lanqing smiled and said, "You two are laughing. Wanxiang is my maidservant. I just haven't seen her for a while. She contracted a disease somehow and died of coughing up blood. No? It’s such a big event, now that Shaoqing of Dali Temple and Princess Sheng Yuan are actually here, it really makes me terrified.”
Li Chaoge knew He Lanqing's virtues a long time ago, but when she heard these words, she still couldn't help raising her eyebrows, and asked, "No? What's the big deal?"
The most beloved woman died, didn't He Lanqing? It's nothing more than the slightest expression of sorrow, but she still said it wasn't? What a big deal. Those women want to live or die, and their hearts are broken, just because of such a person, they are really blind.
The sarcasm in Li Chaoge's voice is obvious, but He Lanqing has no guilt, and even smiled: "It's my fault, if I knew it earlier, I should have come to see her half a month ago. Maybe I came, and her melancholy opened up." ?, you won’t die of illness.”
It's just scumbag to be confident and self-satisfied. Li Chaoge sneered and said, "Mr. Helan, don't you think too much about yourself? Your maid didn't become depressed because she missed you. She was probably killed by someone. Gu Shaoqing, do you think so?" ?”
Gu Mingke was unhurried, and said leisurely: "Princess is well-informed and well-versed in the world. Ask me what I do?"
Li Chaoge's brows twitched? She raised her head and gave Gu Mingke a quiet look: "Gu Shaoqing, this is working time, don't you want to bring your personal emotions into official business."
Gu Mingke is still angry at Li Chaoge's words just now. Doesn't Li Chaoge know that he has? Why don't you care about it, but in the past, Gu Mingke always blocked her with business affairs, but now, Li Chaoge returned these words to him intact.
Let him feel it, is he not angry at being gagged like this.
Gu Mingke's eyes lit up for a moment, he closed them, and immediately calmed down. Li Chaoge is really good. Gu Mingke didn't expect that one day, he would be told by others, "Don't? Bring your personal emotions into official business."
He Lanqing was clearly standing here, but was excluded once again. This is unique in He Lanqing's life? In the past, whenever he was around, which woman didn't put up effort to post it, and no woman has ever neglected him for the sake of other men! Now, He Lanqing deliberately changed her clothes and started talking to her, but Li Chaoge still turned a blind eye to her.
He Lanqing pursed her lips, her face quickly sank. At this time, Chu Mao stepped forward, crossed his hands at Gu Mingke and said, "Shaoqing, the body examination is over."
"What about the footprints and other evidence?"
"It's all collected, and you can use it when you go back."
Gu Mingke nodded. He thought to himself that he had lived for thousands of years, didn't he? As for getting angry with a seventeen-year-old girl, he controlled his emotions and said to Li Chaoge: "Our evidence has been collected, so I will leave first. By the way, the commander today Why did you come to Helan Mansion?"
Li Chaoge looked at Gu Mingke with a smile, no? He said quickly, "Come to greet my aunt, Mrs. Han. By the way, I will take over the case."
As Li Chaoge said, he took out the token in his sleeve, shook it in front of Gu Mingke and Chu Mao, and said with a smile: "Thank you Gu Shaoqing for helping me sort out the evidence, but this case has been handed over to the Zhenyaosi. The Dali Temple will not be in charge of the matter. You don’t need to move the evidence, keep it? Come on, the demon town will sort it out in a while. Oh, by the way, I think Gu Shaoqing’s guess is very reasonable. When I go back , I would like to trouble Shaoqing to send the dossiers of the previous two cases to Zhenyaosi, thank you."
Chu Mao was stunned for a long time, and his breath went straight to his forehead. Since Li Chaoge had already obtained the will of the Empress Dowager, then when Dali Temple was inspecting the corpse just now, Li Chaoge stood by and watched, and only came out to claim credit when the others were done with their work? Yes? Do they do this
Gu Mingke had just convinced himself not to be angry with a seventeen-year-old girl, but now, his chant of clearing the heart is useless again. Gu Mingke looked at Li Chaoge, and Li Chaoge looked at each other with a smile. In the end, Gu Mingke smiled lightly, fixed his gaze on Li Chaoge, and said unhurriedly, "No? Thank you."